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What to Do in a Stock Market Crash

As per usual during a 2% market pullback in recent years, everyone starts to panic and think about a recession. A stock market crash is actually one of the best opportunities for traders who have the right strategies, and make decisions under pressure.  Some of the biggest fortunes in the world have come from stock …

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Interactive Brokers to Launch IBKR Lite Platform with Free Trading Commissions

Recently Interactive Brokers launched a new brokerage service called IBKR Lite. This brokerage will offer free commissions and unlimited trades on US exchange-listed stocks and ETF’s (exchange-traded funds). Here some of the key features that you should know about: Zero commissions on US exchange-listed stocks and ETFs No account minimums No inactivity fees Free market …

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How to Anticipate False Breakouts in Stocks

Breakout trading is one of the most common styles of stock trading. It is a strategy where you buy a stock after it breaks over a resistance level, anticipating that it will head higher. But false breakouts occur all the time.  It is never this simple. Many breakouts fail. Not necessarily because the general strategy …

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3 Day Trading Setups I Use Every Day

The stock market can seem random and chaotic. In order to consistently profit from day trading stocks, you MUST use day trading strategies that have an edge. Many traders fail because they trade strategies that don’t have positive expectancy. This means that in the long run, they always lose money because their day trading setups …

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5 Characteristics of the Best Earnings Plays

During earnings season there are sometimes as many as 50 publicly traded companies reporting earnings on any given day.  So how do you know which ones to trade? Which ones will make a big move? Which ones will have a strong trend that will follow through and not immediately reverse? In yesterday’s article, we covered …

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5 INSANE Stock Charts From the Past 12 Months

The last 12 months in the stock market have been INSANE. We have seen one of the strongest rallies in the DOW and S&P ever, IPO’s running on a weekly basis, the marijuana stock bubble, and a ton of other crazy moves in tech stocks. Here are 5 of the most unique stock charts, and …

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